Vol. 13 (2024): Antiquity and Antiquities in the Long 18th Century
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Johnson’s Dictionary and “the Lexicons of Ancient Tongues”

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  • Jack Lynch
Jack Lynch
Rutgers University – Newark
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/lea-1824-484x-15825

Published 2024-12-23

Keywords

  • Classical Studies,
  • Dictionary,
  • Lexicography,
  • Samuel Johnson

Copyright (c) 2024 Jack Lynch

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Abstract

Though Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary (1755) is often compared with the major vernacular dictionaries of the 17th century, a better point of comparison is the early modern lexicons of the classical languages, which Johnson knew well, and which informed his practice in his own lexicography. 

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